Jakatak - No suggestion on a NS in the Twin Cities area but hang in there. You may be in a flare and can get it settled down with a cortisone shot. You sound like I did two years ago before my chiropractor suggested I try a different physiatrist (others told me there was nothing they could do and to deal with the pain). This physiatrist was willing to do a cortisone shot in the neck and it worked. The thumb numbness was still there a month later and I tried acupuncture. 2-3 visits is all it took for the numbness to disappear.